Dars-e-Nizami is an organized, comprehensive course of Arabic and Islamic sciences taught in Islamic seminaries. Outside of South Asia, courses of this nature are known by different names in Arab, African and other countries around the world. Fundamentally, Dars-e-Nizami is a course which helps people become scholars.
Why is it called “Dars-e-Nizami”?
The reputable scholar, Quranic exegete, Hadith expert, jurist, philosopher and erudite teacher, Mullāh Niẓām ul-Din al-Sahālwī رَحْمَةُ الـلّٰـهِ عَلَيْه was born in 1667 in Sahali, a suburb of Lucknow. He mastered Islamic sciences and formulated a comprehensive syllabus for learning Arabic and Islamic sciences, and this is taught today in Islamic seminaries, albeit with a few changes. The course is named “Dars-e-Nizami” because of its association with this great scholar. It is popularly known as Dars-e-Nizami in South Asian Islamic seminaries, however it is taught in African and European countries as well.
Sciences included in Dars-e-Nizami
Over 30 sciences are taught in the curriculum of Dars-e-Nizami, some of which are: Quran, Hadith, Islamic jurisprudence and the principles relating to all the aforementioned, biography and virtues of the beloved Prophet صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, Islamic creed, proselytization, comparative religion, spiritual wayfaring, social manners, morals, philosophy, Islamic history, Arabic grammar, spoken Arabic, Arabic literature, rhetoric, logic, debate, and principles of research, and these sciences are taught at different levels.
Necessary knowledge for an individual
Everyone with intelligence will accept the importance of learning about Islamic faith, divine laws, and morals, and these are essential for our success in the world and the Hereafter. The books of Quranic exegesis, Hadith and Islamic creed in the Dars-e-Nizami syllabus provide detailed teachings on matters of faith. The rulings of what is lawful and unlawful along with their proofs and reasonings are taught in the books of jurisprudence. The books of Prophetic biography and spiritual wayfaring contain excellent lessons regarding morals and manners. Dars-e-Nizami is a brilliant course which helps one become a scholar, and the pious predecessors of Islam say only a scholar is a human.
The benefits of Dars-e-Nizami
Since the 11th Hijrī century when this course was initiated, a countless number of Hadith experts, Quranic exegetes, muftis, researchers, authors, teachers and preachers have been cultivated to serve Islam. Some of the famous personalities who benefitted greatly from this course are known by titles like: the Imam of Ahl al-Sunnah, Ṣadr al-Afāḍil, Ṣadr al-Shariah, Mufti AꜤẓam Hind, Malik al-ꜤUlamāˈ, Muḥaddith AꜤẓam Pakistan, Muḥaddith AꜤẓam Hind, Mufti AꜤẓam Pakistan, Ghazālī Zamān, Faqīh Zamām, Faqīh AꜤẓam, Ṣadr al- ꜤUlamāˈ, Ṣadr al-Mudarrisīn, Sher-e-Besha Ahl-e-Sunnat, Amīr-e-Millat, Safīr-e-Islam, Ḥāfiẓ al-Hadith, Shaykh al-Quran, and Shaykh al-Islam wa al-Muslimīn.
The trust of Muslims upon the education in Islamic seminaries
Despite the popularity of modern education in today’s advanced age, Muslims turn to the muftis of Islamic seminaries for Islamic guidance regarding their issues.
Dars-e-Nizami and Jamia-tul-Madina
In view of the importance and benefit of Islamic knowledge, Dawat-e-Islami started teaching Dars-e-Nizami in 1994, and the first Jami’ah in Karachi was created for this purpose. It is the fruit of the sincerity of the founder of Dawat-e-Islami دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ that there are more than 1100 branches of Jamia-tul-Madina in over 14 countries, and more will be built اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه.
Preparing people for different departments
More than 19,501 scholars have been produced from Jamia-tul-Madina and they are striving to serve Islam in different countries.
Kanz-ul-Madaris and Dars-e-Nizami
The Department of Education and Technical Training from the government of Pakistan approved the religious education board named
“Kanz-ul-Madaris” in 2021. The members of the Kanz-ul-Madaris board held discussions with the chairman of Dawat-e-Islami’s central executive committee, Mawlana Haji Imran Attari مَدَّظِلُّہُ, other members of the committee, muftis and senior teachers regarding the syllabus. After this consultation, it was decided that just as the pious predecessors of Islam made slight changes to the Dars-e-Nizami syllabus in light of contemporary needs, the Kanz-ul-Madaris board should also renew the syllabus for the Dars-e-Nizami curriculum. The task of making changes was entrusted to the curriculum board of Kanz-ul-Madaris, and the syllabus was changed after consulting many muftis, professionals in the field of education, and senior teachers in order to make it beneficial and relevant for today’s age.
-Rukn-e-Shura Maulana Muhammad Junaid Attari Madani
